Pop Culture References of Wizard101
Professor Hargrove – A former KingsIsle Art Director. Out of respect for the family his full name will not be disclosed
http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Professor_Hargrove#axzz7VBDbx4mT
Professor Hargrove is a History of Magic teacher, who accompanies Wizards into the Wizard City Drains to clean up the Magical Goo caused by the Alchemy Club, only to discover something far more ancient and mysterious than anything they could have imagined.
The art director in question was a video game artist. He worked as Art Director at KingsIsle Entertainment from April 2005 to November 2006, and returned to the company in January 2017 as Senior Environment Artist 2, working on various titles in KingsIsle’s mobile department before passing away of pancreatic cancer on September 17, 2018.
I have always loved the pop culture references in Wizard (and Pirate) 101. This series was inspired by a series I did featuring the Heroes of Lemuria and their ties to early 20th Cent. pulp heroes. This is the twelfth article chronicling the #W101PopCulture references starting in Wizard City. The current list of all the (known) Wizard City references can be found here. These articles were originally put together for a Facebook group I belong to. Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki page and the 101universe.fandom.com wiki
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